Stamford News

Nobody's going to leap over pews, dance like Michael Jackson or belt out the "Hallelujah Chorus" when the Mass mob hits Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Danbury next Sunday morning. But just the same, the social media-driven event has already brought some surprises.

HARTFORD — Despite continuing frustration by some commuters and many Fairfield County lawmakers, the state can't simply replace Metro-North as its commuter train operator, state Transportation Commissioner James Redeker said Wednesday.

United by a sense of urgency to improve I-95 and the Metro-North railroad, a bipartisan caucus of Fairfield County legislators is campaigning to put southwestern Connecticut at the front of the line for transportation infrastructure funds.

Nick DeFelice is CEO of a prominent New Britain manufacturing company, but his happiest days were in the 1960s and '70s when he played semi-pro football and was paid to crash into guys the size of refrigerators.

STAMFORD COMMUNITY POSTS

Storrs: Stamford local Daniel Bria (BFA Design '16) takes on the heartbeat of comedy in Connecticut Repertory Theatre's new adaptation of the classic Greek comedy Lysistrata. Bria turns up the volume on a play that zips and bounces at the speed of fun.

October 20, 2014 - Darien, CT - Electric Compass, the leader in mobile enterprise GPS solutions today announced it has been selected as a "2014 Tech Company to Watch" by the Connecticut Technology Council for its cutting-edge GPS tracking solutions and will be featured at the Connecticut...

Representatives from Red Thread the designers of work environments, in East Hartford, CT recently presented a donation of $5,000 to the Springfield, MA affiliate of Rebuilding Together (RTS). Thanks to Red Thread leading the way, RTS raised more than $18,000 for the non-profit as part of Valley...

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Sandy Hook

Reuters

The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission released its report on ways to avoid another school shooting on Feb. 13.

The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission released its report on ways to avoid another school shooting on Feb. 13. (Reuters)

Dec. 14, 2012 was a chilly Friday, nothing out of the ordinary, until news reports started coming from Newtown. That well-off suburban enclave produced so little news that many state residents weren't exactly sure where it was. They know now.

FALL RIVER, Mass. — In the days leading up to his death, Odin Lloyd and former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez corresponded through text messages about meeting, according to testimony given in court Tuesday.